Buteau and Glazer bring a subtle wisdom to the roles, which is only further illuminated by Adlon’s musical direction that enhances both’s comic timing.

Pamela Adlon’s directorial debut deftly juggles fast-paced anecdotal comedy with rich, moving character work, while upending pregnancy myths with the ferocity of a woman stamping on her oppressive breast pump.

[A] deceptively weighty comedy about wisecracking New York besties and the pregnancy that threatens to tear them apart.

Babes moves along at a nice clip, careening from yoga mishaps to traumatic sewage disasters without forgetting Dawn and Eden’s relationship among the disgusting realities of pregnancy.